Great news for anyone with a Radeon X1*00 series or older card.

[DuoMaxwell]

The open sorce drivers are getting really good already!

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag..._r500_3d&num=1

and here

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...0_gaming&num=1


I can't wait for them to get things rolling for the R600 and soon to be released R700 cards. That right there is a total deal breaker for alomst anyone in this board looking for a new card.

[-Edge-]

Does this mean you are coming back Duo?!

[DuoMaxwell]

Depends, I've been needing to upgrade my gear for a while now, I'm going to see wha, if any funding I can get for equipment for classes I'm taking this fall, if I can get enough to build a decent rig then I'll probably be back, though not as often as I ever was. I've been wonder what all I've been missing. Jst hope my crappy line doesn't lag as much... Though testing with a client comp build a while back shows that all I really need is a new machine since I was able to hold 60FPS in Regnum easily on an AMD X2 4000+, 2Gb of ram and an 8500GT 128-Bit GDDR3 edition. The build was only $450 for the client for everything, good enogh for regnum,
but too slow for me as I'm wanting to get some Quake Wars going.

I'm hoping for around $1500 for a comp, then I'll be able to go with 8Gb of ram, a quad core CPU 8800GT/HD3870 or whatevers in that price bracket with the new GPUs comming out this summer. Going to keep an eye on Computex Taipei for more info on the new gear, some great stuff has already been anounced and it's only just started.

[magnet]

Duooooooooooo!
How goes mate?

[DuoMaxwell]

I'm doing good, you guys should hit me up on IM more often, I talk to Fub almost every day, because we're both bored as hell 99% of the time...

[magnet]

Originally Posted by DuoMaxwell

I'm doing good, you guys should hit me up on IM more often, I talk to Fub almost every day, because we're both bored as hell 99% of the time...

Start chars in Alsius then, I play there now .